Typhaze
Oct 20, 2012
Undergraduate / SPORTS/ PROGRAMS; UMD/ Parts that up to the sum of me [3]
5. Write your own question and respond to it. Please be sure to tell us why you think this essay represents you well. (Your question will not be included in the essay word count.)
How have you dealt with an unfortunate event and grown from it?
To get to my house from my bus stop, I have to walk down a steep slope. After school last year, I was walking home from school and lost my footing and fell down the slope; due to the weight of my backpack, I continued to roll down the hill. This accident caused me a fractured elbow and shoulder plus several really bad gashes on my arms and legs. Because of my injuries, I could not tryout for my school tennis team. Not only was it painful it was also very inconvenient, I had to go see lots of different doctors and it was also very difficult to do daily activities like eating, writing, showering and putting on clothes. I even had to miss several weeks of school. Although it might seem like a tragedy, I felt like all in all it was a great event that I do not look back on as something painful but something wonderful and life changing. I made up all the work I missed from school; nothing lossed. I recovered all wounds; nothing damaged. I did not dwell over the accidents that I could not control. I got over it. "Accidents happen" as my mom always says. I just got to persevere and progress through life as if nothing really happened because nothing has. Even though i could not play for my high school team, I still want to play tennis for UMD. Even lost a few days of teaching, I still made it up. I learned to not dwell on the problems, but to resolve it instead.
5. Write your own question and respond to it. Please be sure to tell us why you think this essay represents you well. (Your question will not be included in the essay word count.)
How have you dealt with an unfortunate event and grown from it?
To get to my house from my bus stop, I have to walk down a steep slope. After school last year, I was walking home from school and lost my footing and fell down the slope; due to the weight of my backpack, I continued to roll down the hill. This accident caused me a fractured elbow and shoulder plus several really bad gashes on my arms and legs. Because of my injuries, I could not tryout for my school tennis team. Not only was it painful it was also very inconvenient, I had to go see lots of different doctors and it was also very difficult to do daily activities like eating, writing, showering and putting on clothes. I even had to miss several weeks of school. Although it might seem like a tragedy, I felt like all in all it was a great event that I do not look back on as something painful but something wonderful and life changing. I made up all the work I missed from school; nothing lossed. I recovered all wounds; nothing damaged. I did not dwell over the accidents that I could not control. I got over it. "Accidents happen" as my mom always says. I just got to persevere and progress through life as if nothing really happened because nothing has. Even though i could not play for my high school team, I still want to play tennis for UMD. Even lost a few days of teaching, I still made it up. I learned to not dwell on the problems, but to resolve it instead.